Building the Tamiya 1/35 Scale Flakpanzer IV “Wirbelwind” 2003 vs. 2016 

Thanks for the encouraging comments Lawrence!

Hi TDog-ic7do, thanks! My only armor build for the channel so far... 😉

Thanks!

Thanks Robert 😊

Thanks Andrew, I hope those help if you use them!

Thanks for the kind comments, and thanks for watching!

Hi Adam, thanks very much! This one hasn't gotten many views over the years, but I'm glad you liked it. 😉

Hi Michael, and thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying the productions. I don't have any pay accounts set up. Just receiving nice comments like yours is "payment" enough for me! :-)

Thanks TowMaters!

I know Tamiya is doing some re-tooling with some of their kits and adding brass photo etch and such. Maybe this one is headed that way and will have more turret detail as well.

Thanks!

I've never built a helicopter. I'd like to see what you come up with!

Thanks Dr Breen! I think my final lighting could have been so much better ;-)

Hi 140289EP, I just mixed in a little bit of the talc powder into the brown paint, swirled it around until I got a consistency that I liked, and then simply brushed it on. 🖌️

How'd I miss this comment? Thanks!

Thanks 2000spqr, armor is not my usual area of model building these days.

The hairspray technique is great, but I'm a lazy model builder!

Yup, thanks Cod_Cape 😉

Hi Krenzi_Fur, it's a watered down type of paint that creates shadows and the look of grime that enhances the detail while also giving the model a more realistic and used look. It can be any paint base, but often it is an oil based paint which gives the modeler a longer working time and easier ability to adjust the outcome. 👀

@@MaxAfterburner ah nice, thanks

The secret is out!

You're right, i got one wirbelwind from academy and i think that there's not enough instruction. Takes a lot of time to figure it out myself.

Actually Germany used airbrushes when painting AFV's as did the USA. Britain and Russia on the other hand, used brushes more often than not. Initially in 1941 winter camo (whitewash) was applied by whichever means were available to the crews (often brooms). When camo was approved by the German forces, crews would use brushes to paint brown onto their German grey AFV's (some of these examples are still displayed in museums). Also starting in late 1943 all of the camo on German AFV's were painted in the factory. Prior to this, crews painted their own patterns with approved green and/or brown combinations using airbrushes or paint brushes. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vJJVUuI77m0.html 00:29

@@0donny Thanks for the info. I was told on 'Combat Dealers' that camo was applied by brush, at the factory. This made sense as 3 camo colours applied by spray would be very inconvenient with the paint floating everywhere. I'm still a bit confused.

'Wise maintains that vehicles were most often sprayed for camo. However, he maintains that hand painting was often used if the local commander wanted a "harder" pattern especially if the patterns were also outlined with one of the three colors'.Crews carried 3 tins of the camo colours, for this purpose. I will therefore still hand paint my camo on AFVs., correct or not. Thanks again John.

@@johnadams-wp2yb German field maintenance crews were issued spray guns (as seen in the video i linked). However crews could/would and did apply paint by the most expedient ways possible, so if a brush was handy, a brush was used. I've seen a number of videos of crews (mid/late war) pulling into a field maintenance area, spraying whitewash or a camo pattern on their tank and moving out again in less than 5 minutes. Also, the main reason the factories used spray guns for the base colour and then ultimately for the camo as well, was it saved paint and man hours as spray guns covered more area for less paint faster, this also helped reduced the amount of low priority supplies being shipped to the fronts. There is no wrong way to apply camo to your models, there was such huge variations during the war that every way was and is possible. As you mentioned local commanders desire to improve their camo, is absolutely correct, one of the most famous is the King Tiger octopus camo. Good luck and have fun with your modeling!